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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, E. P. 'CAPRON, of Springfield, in the county of Clarl ,'and State of Ohio, have invented i cenit-ain new and useful Improvements in'pRoad-Scrapers; and`I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, und exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skillediu the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

, In the drawing accompanying, my machine is shown in perspective, in position to begin work.`

A is the scraper or shovel. I

B is the frame, to which the scraper is attached.

C is a lever to hold the scraper 'in position until ready to dump the load.

Besides which there are numerous minor parts to he described hereafter.

In building my machine, I first construct thescraper or shovel A of the proper size, and of the usual form, having on each side a trunnion, D, placed a little more than half way from the rear to the'ifrontend of the scraper.V vThis scraper I mount in a frame, B, which has an arm extending down on each side of the scraper,

and in the forward end of which thetrunnions D have bearing, and on which the 4scraper A is free to revolve when not lockeddn position, the rear ends of the pieces forming-theories being shaped intohandlesff, a shown, to be grasped by the operator, to manage the scraper. i i

` To hold lthe scraper in position while being filled, I attach rigidly to the hack end of the scraper, at the middle, a plate or bar, 0, having a projection, e, at its lower end, and a notch, n; in its rear face, near its upper end, as shown in thc drawing; and to the under side of the cross-bar c, I pivot a level', C, the forwardend of which engages over the projection c of stop O, which is held there by means of a spiral spring, a, at the oppo's site end, thus preventing the scraper from revolving when its front edge mectshwith any resistance.

V lo the upper side of bar c, near the scraper, I attach a pawl, h, which falls into the notch n in the 'upper end of O, thus l'ocliingthe frame B rigidly to the scraper.

The horse or other animal used to drawfthe scraper is attached in the usual manner, by meansof `rods or chains attached to each trunnion, or to the frame, and meeting forward of the machine.

The operation of myapparatus; is as follows: I The horse being attached, and the operator having holdof the handles, the scraper is run forward until filled, more or less, as desir-cd; the handles are then raised, which. also raises the rear` cudof the scraper, through the medium ofipawl h, when theforward end will take holdin the ground. The lever C isthen drawn to one side, bringing its forward endfrom over the projection e. The scraper will then revolve on the trunnions,

aus shown in red lines, and thus dump the load, the lever C being drawn back by the spring as soon as released.

After dumping the load, the scraper will continue in its revolution, and come back to its-original position,

when the projection e will'strikc against the under side of lever C, and preventa second rotation, the pawl c at the same time falling into place, thus locking the scraper in position, ready for 4operation again.

Bythus having the stop in the middle of the scraper, I prevent the great side strain so common to thosel vhaving the stop on one side, which tcnds greatly to `twist and weaken the frame.

By this arrangement of devices, I am enabled to make a very simple and cicient scraper, and one which is superior to those heretofore made.

Having thus desoribedrmy inventionnvhat I claim, is n The combination of the scraper A', provided with the plate O, havingthe stopl e and notohn, with the frame B, provided with the lever C and pawl ZL, all constructed and arranged to operate as shown and described. E. P. H. CAPRON.

Witnesses:

` J. K. Mowun,

Gao. Mownr.. 

